MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 25.87,-75.95 Latitude: 25.87 Longitude: -75.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1013 -0 28.7 24.4 78 4.3 25.5 88 18 300.8 304.3 298.2 357.7 19.37 1 1000 110 27.4 22.8 76 4.6 24.0 88 20 300.6 303.8 297.2 352.7 17.76 2 950 564 23.0 21.8 93 1.2 22.1 89 21 300.5 303.8 297.1 352.0 17.53 3 900 1034 20.0 17.8 87 2.2 18.5 106 21 302.2 304.8 295.4 344.8 14.42 4 850 1527 17.6 15.2 86 2.4 16.0 106 18 304.6 307.0 295.1 343.1 12.90 5 800 2044 15.1 12.6 85 2.5 13.4 98 17 307.2 309.4 294.8 342.1 11.54 6 750 2589 12.2 9.6 84 2.6 10.6 91 15 309.8 311.7 294.4 340.6 10.05 7 700 3165 9.2 6.5 83 2.8 7.6 91 15 312.7 314.4 294.2 339.6 8.69 8 650 3777 5.9 3.0 82 2.8 4.2 90 15 315.6 317.0 294.0 338.7 7.35 9 600 4428 2.2 -0.9 80 3.1 0.5 90 14 318.7 319.8 293.8 337.9 6.00 10 550 5126 -2.0 -5.3 78 3.3 -3.6 103 13 321.8 322.7 293.6 337.1 4.69 11 500 5879 -5.4 -6.6 92 1.1 -6.0 107 12 326.4 327.4 294.8 342.0 4.68 12 450 6701 -10.0 -15.6 64 5.6 -12.1 137 12 330.6 331.1 294.1 339.4 2.52 13 400 7598 -16.0 -30.5 28 14.5 -19.4 171 7 334.2 334.3 293.6 337.0 0.75 14 350 8589 -23.2 -32.9 41 9.7 -25.1 203 10 337.5 337.6 294.3 340.0 0.68 15 300 9701 -30.7 -33.9 73 3.2 -31.2 195 20 342.2 342.3 295.5 344.9 0.73 16 250 10970 -40.7 -44.2 70 3.4 -41.1 195 29 345.5 345.6 295.9 346.7 0.30 17 200 12443 -53.7 -59.9 47 6.1 -53.9 202 42 347.7 347.7 296.2 347.9 0.06 18 150 14240 -65.7 -76.6 21 10.8 -65.8 187 15 356.9 356.9 298.1 356.9 0.01 19 100 16638 -74.4 -85.3 17 10.9 -74.5 132 11 383.9 383.9 302.9 383.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.98 m Freezing level: 573.55 mb = 4797.43 m = 15739.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.42 mb = 4516.55 m = 14817.91 ft Precipitable water: 2.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.64 % Est. max temperature: 31.93 C = 89.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.24 mb = 543.31 m = 1782.48 ft T: 23.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 20.67 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.45 mb = 895.73 m = 2938.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.63 C = 85.33 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.81 C Showalter Index: 0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.06 C Cross Totals Index: 20.64 C K Index: 35.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1188.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.76 mb = 779.49 m = 2557.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.76 mb = 1017.26 m = 3337.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.76 mb = 13393.63 m = 43941.82 ft B at Equ Level: 1175.59 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 96.3 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 126.3 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -7.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.8 neg: -14.2 tot: 9.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 381.38 Bulk Shear: 3.12 m/s